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By default modules are created invisible to students but visible to the editing teachers so that staff can make appropriate changes before the students gain access. Students are added as soon as their module is added to their record in SATURN but they will not be able to see the module until it is made available to them. This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards

To make a module visible to students:

1. Go into your module. 
2. Go to Settings > Edit Settings 
Scroll down the screen until you reach the box marked 'Availability'. 
3. Click on the 'Settings' tab underneath the module title  
   
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3. Look for the "Module visibility" field (third item down)

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4. Click on the drop down options select 'Show' 

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5. Click on the 'Save and display' button at the bottom of the page. 

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This setting determines whether the module appears in the list of modules for students.

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To make a module invisible to students (hide it from students)

When the setting  Module visibility  (see above) is set to Hide, the module is hidden from students, and  
 
 4.     When this is set to 'This module is not available to students' the module is invisible to all apart from staff with appropriate access rights (such as Teachers and Editing Teachers). 
          Change this to 'This module is available to students' and scroll to the bottom. 
5.      Select 'Save changes'.

Greyed out modules

If a module is "greyed-out" when an editing teacher looks it then it is completely invisible to students.

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When you click on the 'Edit mode' toggle switch, in the 'Year End and Archive' block (only visible to editing teachers), the message appears: "Module hidden from students!"

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If there are issues with students seeing the module, chances Chances are this is a simple case of the module being hidden from student view. The above process will make it visible.

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I can't see my modules in Moodle (Staff)

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